Methuselah class System Defense Monitor
| Methuselah class System Defense Monitor | |
|---|---|
 TBD | |
| Type: HMS System Defense Monitor | |
| Category | FCS |
| Size | 750,000 Tons |
| Hull Configuration | Buffered Planetoid Hull |
| Streamlining | Unstreamlined Hull |
| Tech Level | TL–12 |
| Engineering | |
| Computer | Model/TBD |
| Jump | J-0 |
| Maneuver | 3 G |
| Armaments | |
| Hardpoints | 7,500 |
| Accommodations | |
| Staterooms | 0 |
| Personnel | |
| Crew | 5,839 |
| Officers | X |
| Enlisted | X |
| Marines | 900 |
| High/Mid Passengers | 0 |
| Payload | |
| Cargo | 8,612.0 Tons |
| Fuel tank | 0 Tons |
| Construction | |
| Origin | Caliphate of Estalia |
| Year Operational | Unknown |
| End of Service | Still in active service. |
| Price | |
| Cost | MCr648,796.85 Qty: MCr 519,037.48 |
| Architect fee | MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr. |
| Statistics | |
| Images | |
| Blueprint | No |
| Illustration | No |
| Source | |
| Also see | Defensive Ship - Monitor |
| Canon | Published, fan design |
| Era | 1105 |
| Reference | Fan: Ronald B. Kline, Jr. |
| Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard Shipyard v1.13 written by Andrea Vallance. | |
The Methuselah class System Defense Monitor is a defensive warship.
- It is a military ship and a System Defense Monitor.
Description (Specifications)
Built for the Caliphate of Estalia this is a heavily armored and reinforced, buffered planetoid hull structure. As a result it is unstreamlined and incapable of wilderness refueling. It features TL–12 drives with 3 G acceleration and 3 agility. It has hangar capacity for twenty 90 ton Kaufman Class Dual Environment Fighters which function as SDBs. It can also carry twenty 60 ton marine recovery boats. It is fitted with a 90 ton capacity launch tube facility. The 900 marines have drop capsules and use 20 G-Carriers. Built to withstand considerable punishment they are essentially immune to surface explosions and weapon impacts. Only meson weapons can produce interior explosions and nuclear weapons can cause radiation damage to interior systems. The design features abundant back up features including; a complete low watch, a model 6 fib computer, nuclear dampers and meson screens. The weapons suite features a spinal mounted meson gun and 400 heavy missile bays. There are 252 batteries of sand casters, ten repulsors, sixty batteries of beam lasers, ten fusion gun bays, and ten particle accelerator bays.
These war moons are inspired by early Solomani sub light asteroid colonizers. The squadron of ten hide among the rings of the gas giants waiting for refueling prey. With the arsenal at their command only a large squadron of advanced Battleships would stand any chance against them.
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General Description & Deck Plans
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Basic Ship Characteristics
Following the Imperial Navy and IISS Universal Ship Profile and data, additional information is presented in the format shown here. The small craft factor indicates the number of squadrons (...of ten subcraft) carried on the ship. Tonnage on the universal ship profile is shown in kilotons (...thousands of tons) where necessary. [1]
| Basic Ship Characteristics [2] | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Category | Remarks |
| 1. | Tonnage / Hull | TBD tons. |
| 2. | Crew | TBD crew. |
| 3. | Performance | Propulsion:
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| 4. | Electronics | Model/TBD fib ship computer. |
| 5. | Hardpoints | xTBD hardpoints. |
| 6. | Armament / Weaponry | The normal weapons fit-out for it is:
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| 7. | Defenses | Defensive Equipment:
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| 8. | Craft / Drones | TBD |
| 9. | Fuel Treatment | TBD |
| 10. | Cost | MCrTBD. |
| 11. | Construction Time | TBD months to build, TBD months in quantity. |
| 12. | Remarks | Other Equipment: |
History & Background (Dossier)
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Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities
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References & Contributors (Sources)
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- Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 20-37. (Design Sequence Used)
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis), Captain, and Lead Naval Architect Ronald B. Kline, Jr. of the Imperial Navy
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.